----- Original Message ----- From: debbie stewart To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 8:46 AM Subject: info on new virus hoax, LONG >From another list, I got an email this a.m. propogating yet another virus hoax, so I am passing this info on. There is no such virus as A.I.D.S. or Cool. Ignore any posts you get that say: THIS IS VERY SERIOUS!! in the subject. Please check out possible virus hoaxes/viruses before perpetuating hoaxes and upsetting people for nothing. (Symantec.com) Remember that there is nothing to fear from viruses if you do not open attachment files. Email cannot spread viruses. Symantec, who makes Norton's Utilities has this information: (copied from their site) >[Image] [Antivirus Research Center] [Symantec logo] [United States] >[spacer]Virus Hoaxes [GO...] Advanced Search >Although there are thousands of viruses [Image] discovered each year, >there are still some that [Resource Centers] >only exist in the imaginations of the public [--------]Antivirus and the >press. This is the comprehensive list Research >Center of viruses that DO NOT EXIST, despite rumor of them. >Please ignore any messages regarding these supposed "viruses" and ******* do not pass on any messages about them.!!!!! Passing on messages about these hoaxes only serves to further propagate >them. These >hoax messages may also come translated to languages other than English. Search the SARC Online Encyclopedia by Virus or Hoax name. Enter one or more keywords, separated by spaces: Search for any of these keywords (OR) Search for all of these keywords (AND) [Webmaster] [Help] >Keywords are case-insensitive. © 1995-1999 Symantec If your search returns >no matches, please try Corporation >using the index files on the Virus Encyclopedia All rights reserved. page, >which include a more comprehensive set of >Legal Notices viruses. Privacy Policy. Lump of Coal Virus Hoax [Image] >Windows will Fail on Jan 1 Hoax [Image] Matrix Virus Hoax [Image] ZZ331 >Virus Hoax [Image] Jan1st20.exe Virus Hoax [Image] >CELLSAVER Virus Hoax [Image] Phantom Menace Virus Hoax [Image] Work Virus >Hoax [Image] Norman Virus >Hoax [Image] * $800 from Microsoft Hoax * 3b Trojan (alias PKZIP Virus) * >AIDS Hoax * AOL4Free Virus Hoax * >AOL Year 2000 Update Hoax * Baby New Year Virus Hoax * Bad Times Hoax * >Blue Mountain Virus Hoax * >Blueballs Are Underrated Virus Hoax * BUDDYLST.ZIP * BUDSAVER.EXE * >Budweiser Hoax * BUGGLST >Hoax * California Virus Hoax * Dear Friends Hoax * Death69 * Deeyenda * >E-Flu * EVIL THE CAT Virus Hoax * >FatCat Virus Hoax * Free Money * GAP Email Tracking Hoax * Get More Money >Hoax * Ghost * Good Times * >Guts to Say Jesus Hoax * Hacky Birthday Virus Hoax * Hairy Palms Virus >Hoax * Help Poor Dog Hoax * Hitler >Hoax * How to Give a Cat a Colonic Hoax * INFILTER Hoax * Information on >SARC 'Virus Test' Hoax * Irina * >Join the Crew * Londhouse Virus Hoax * Microsoft Virus Hoax * Millennium >Time Bomb * MOBILE PHONE Hoax >* NASTYFRIEND99 Hoax * Norton anti - virus v5 Hoax * Pandemic Hoax * >Penpal Greetings * Perrin.exe Virus >Hoax * Pluperfect Hoax * Red Alert * Returned or Unable to Deliver * >Teletubbies * Time Bomb * Tuxissa Hoax * >Very Cool * Win a Holiday * Wobbler Virus Hoax * Wooden Horse Hoax * World >Domination Hoax * Yellow >Teletubbies You can research any possible hoax by going to Simantec.com's website, or doing a search on the internet for "virus hoax" Please do everyone a favor and do not promote these hoaxes by forwarding them as a "favor." Check it out first. There is a virus called AIDS II, but it is a harmless .com file that simply plays music and displays that you have this virus. Avoid viruses by not downloading from unknown sources. Debbie Stewart [email protected] *********************************************************** ECENET-L is hosted by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education at the University of Illinois. http://ericeece.org/listserv/ecenet-l.html Problems unsubscribing or other questions about your ecenet-l subscription? Contact [email protected] (and don't forget to mention you're subscribed to ecenet-l!) ************************************************************